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DATE PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does date palm mean? 

DATE PALM (noun)
  The noun DATE PALM has 1 sense:

1. tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruitplay

  Familiarity information: DATE PALM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DATE PALM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

date palm; Phoenix dactylifera

Hypernyms ("date palm" is a kind of...):

feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "date palm"):

date (sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed)


 Context examples 


The sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed.

(Date Fruit, NCI Thesaurus)

The search for plant-derived phytochemicals that could prevent corrosion has led to such successful candidates as date palm seed extract and ginger root extract.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)



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